Reef ecosytem recovery after the Early Cambrian extinction

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 102, Issue , 1996, Pages 79-96

  Zhuravlev, Andrey Yu ^a  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; METAZOA; RENALCIS;

EID: 0043196565     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.001.01.06     Document Type: Article

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